Where does “adïr-” come from?
adïr- (Old Turkic) comes from Javanese adi-, from Navajo di-, from Navajo -CHIIʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan čig — to be red ochre.
Ancestry of “adïr-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Javanese | adi- | — |
| 2 | Navajo | di- | fire, near or into it; Young and Morgan identify... |
| 3 | Navajo | -CHIIʼ | red; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;... |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan | čig | to be red ochre |